Reinforced angle-bar for rail-joints.



Nb. 878,589. 7 PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

B. WOLHAUPTER.

REINFORCED ANGLE BAR FOR RAILUOINTS.

APBLIOATION FILED JAN. 19, 1907.

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No. 878,589. I PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

' B. WOLHAUPTBR.

REINFORCED ANGLE BAR F08 RAIL JOINTS.

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BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOBJ TO THE RAIL OF NEW YORK, N. I, A CORPORATION OF NEW'YORK.

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1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1-, BENJAMIN WOLHAUP- TEE, a citizen of the United States residing at New York city,-in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Reinforced Angleddars for llaih'loints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the subject of rail joints, and more particularly to rail joint angle bars of the type commonlyterrned splice bars.

The main and primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical designof reinforced angle bar capable of being applied with the same facility and readiness as the conventional forms of splice bars or iieh plates, while at the same time being reinforced in a novel and eflicient manner so as to provide a bar of maximum strength with a minimum amount of material.

,A special object of the invention is to proieinforced angle bar which carries the reinfercement of the lower chord of the girder over the surface of the ties, whereby the load is carried clear of the corners of the ties, and distributed over the surface of the latter.

As a general'object, the invention has in View the provision of a simple design of reinforced angle bar possessing exceptional strength and a powerful stiffening and bracing effect without sacrificing any of the necessary qualities of proper weight, rigidity, and sufli cient resiliency.

With these and many other objects in view, which will readily appear to those familiar with the art as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential feature of the invention. in volved in the novel reinforcement of the angle bar is necessarily susceptible to embodiment in various designs of bars and in various types of rail joint plates without departing from the scope of the invention, but

embodiments of the latter are shown in the Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail joint embodying in its construction the improved double reinforced angle bars. Fig. 2

Fapecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 19. 1907. Serial No. 353014 referred to, the

is a side elevation of the joint shown in Fig.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

1. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line -i4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a rail joint having a modified design of angle bar constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view on the line 6-6 of liigf5. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line '7-7 of Fig. 5.

Like references designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

in the embodiment of the invention shown in the group of Figs. 1 to l inclusive of the drawings, the rail joint comprises, in combination with the adj aoent service or running rails 1 and 2, the oppositely arranged side angle bars 3, and the usual series of joint bolts 4 passing through the alined bolt holes in the bars and the webs of the rails. Hence, the present invention involves no change in the general form ,and manner of setting up the ordinary types of rail joints employing angle bars or splice bars, but has special reference to the design and reinforcement of the individual. angle bars.

Referring particularly to the design and construction ofeach angle bar 3, the sanie essentially consists of amain, straight, splice bar portion 5- formed at its upper edge with the usual head or head flange (3, and at its a lower edge with the inclined. outturned foot flange 7 overlying the inclined topsurlace of the base flange of the rails, and usually formed in the outer edges thereof, contiguous to the ends of the bar with the spiking notches 8 overlying the usual track ties fl which are located respectively at opposite sides of thcvertical plancof the joint between the meeting ends of the rails 1 and 2.

in addition. to the usual elements above present invention. contentplates forn'iing each angle bar 3 with a lower girder chord 9 in the form of a flange dc ileoted downwardly from t 1e outer edge of the foot flange 7 centrally between the ends of the latter so as to lie in a downardly projecting position between. the two ties T. Hence, the lower girder chord 9 constitutes a centrally arranged pendent stiffening girder extending below the rail bases and lying in the vertical transverse plane of the joint between the meeting ends of the rails. lln the form of the invention shown in 1 to 4 inclusive of the drawings, the centrally arranged pendent stiffening girder between the ties is set at an angle to a vertical plane and projects inwardly toward the longitudinal center line of the rails. But, irre-- speetive of the angle or disposition of the pendent stiffening girder 9, a feature of the invention resides in continuing from the opposite edges of such girder'the horizontal girder flange extensions which project in plane of the rib section 11.

reinforcing rib.

substantially horizontal planes outwardly from the edge of the foot flange"? and extend over the surface of the ties, as may be plainly seen from Figs. 1 and 20f the drawings. As indicated, the horizontal girder flange ex tensions 10 merge into the girder .or girder chord 9, and to provide for an extra reinforcement of the angle bar, the same is formed along the edge of its pendent girder 9 and the projecting girder flanges 10 with a The portion of the reinforc-- ing rib which extends along the bottom edge of the stiffening girder 9 is designated by the reference number 11, while the portions thereof which reinforcethe edges of the flanges 10 are designated by the reference number 12. The rib portions or sections 11 and 12 are preferably continuations of an integral continuous ribbed formation, and

merge into each other through the corner rib sections 13 which twist from'the vertical plane of the rib sections 12 to the horizontal In this connection, it will be observed that the said rib 'section 11 preferably projects outwardly fromthe lower-bottom edge of the pendent girder 9, while the rib sections 12 project in an upward direction from the outer edge of the girder flange extensions 10.

The construction described provides a double reinforcement for each angle "bar, and by'reason of the fact that the girder flanges 10, and their reinforcing or stiffening ribs 12, extend well over the ties, the load is carried clear of what may betermed the inside corners of the ties with reference to the joint, with the consequence of distributing the load. over the surfaces of the ties instead of leaving weak places or points in the bars over the said inside corners of the ties as in other designs of sheared angle bars.

A modification which may be resorted to in the design of the double reinforced angle bar is suggested by the construction shown in Figs. 5,6, and 7 of the drawings, and referring thereto, it will be observed that the same distinctive feature is preserved of carrying the girder reinforcement over the surface of the ties and beyond the inside corners thereof. However, in the modified structure, the centrally arranged pendent stiffening girder or girder chord 9 is illustrated as lying in a substantially perpendicular plane and provided with a plain non-reinforced bottom edge, but the side edges of' the side girder or girder chord t) are shown as having formed thereon the outstanding reinforcing ribs 11* which are continued into the upper horizontal rib sections 12 formed integrally with the outer edges of the flange extensions 10, and together with the latter extend well over the surface of the ties to distribute the load thereoverin the man-, ner already explained.

ing the double girder reinforcement from the pendent girder member to points over the surface of the ties beyond the inside corners of the latter, may obviously be embodied in various designs of angle or splice bars, and the reinforcement itself shaped and arranged in divers ways without (leparting'from the invention, so it will be understood that Various changes in the form, proportion,- and minor details of invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesbf the invention. 1

In the marulfaeture of angle bars embodying the present invention, the same may be made either by the ordinary moldin operation for east bars, or by b olling, s rearing, and setting up process usually employed in bars. Informing the bars by the latter process, the girder elements 9 and 10 are preferably first rolled .into substantially a common plane, and then one or bothof said stance, the bar may be rolled so that the girder elements 9 and 10,-in their first position, will occupy the plane of the element 10 as shown in Fig. 3, and then the pendent girder E) l ent;downto its proper relative plane.- Or, this operation can be reversed, viz: by rolling the bar so that,,both girder elenlents, in their first positioinwill occupy the plane of the pendent girder element as shown for instance in Fig. 7, and then the girder elements or e'xtei'isions 10 bent up into their iinal relative plane shown in Fig. 6. -Again, in the rolling o )erat'ion, the girder elementslnay be first rolled to a position inT termediate the final positions of both the elements Q-and l0, and'then the latter bent or set-up into said final positions. However, these or other methods of forming the improved doublc reinforced bars may be resorted to without affecting the mechanical features thereof constituting the subject matter of this application.

I claim:

1. An an le bar for rail joints provided with a stiffening girder and a continuous reinforcement for said girder arranged to extend over the tops of the ties to carry the load clear of the corners of the ties.

2. An angle bar for rail joints provided with a pendent stiffening girder and a continuous reinforcinent .for said girder ar ranged to extend beyond the lath-r and over the tops of the lies.

irder The same mechanical feature of continu the making of rolled rail joint plates or angle elements bent into the final position; Forin- 3. An angle bar for rail joints provided with a pendent stiffening girder, girder extensions arranged to extend over the ties, and a reinforcement for the girder and girder extensions.

4. An angle bar for rail joints provided with a pendent stiffening girder, horizontal girder extensions arranged to overlie the ties, and a reinforcement for the girder and girder extensions.

. An angle bar for rail joints provided wi 11 a stiffening girder, horizontal girder extensions merged with said girder and arnanged to overlie the ties, and a reinforcement for the girder and girder extensions.

6. An angle bar for rail joints provided with a stiffening girder and. horizontal girder flange-extensions merged with said girder and arranged to extend over the surfaces of opposite track ties, and a reinforcement extending along the girder and girder flange-e tensions.

7. An angle bar for rail joints provided with a stiffening girder, horizontal girder flange-extensions projeotii'ig outwardly frein the foot flange of the angle bar and arranged to overlie the surfaces of the opposite ties,

saith girder flange-extensions being integral l l I 1 with the girder, and a reinforcement for both said girder and the girder flange-extensions.

8. An angle bar for rail joints provided with a pendent stiffening girder adapted to lie between the ties, horizontal flange-extensions projected from the foot flange and merged with opposite end portions of the pendent girder, and reinforcing ribs formed integrally with and extending along the edges of the pendent girder and the girder flange-extensions.

.0. An angle bar for rail joints provided with an in te riner lie to pendent stiffening girder, horizontal girder flange-extensions merged with. opposite end. portions of the girder, and projecting from the foot flange of the bar, said girder flange-extensions being arranged to project beyond the inner corners of the ties and m erlying the surfaces of the latter, and a continuous reinforce rib projected from and. following the edges of the pemlent girder and girder flange-extensions.

In testimon whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTE it. l Vitnesses KATHERINE MoN ALLY, F. A. VAN DEUSEN. 

